Former Syracuse University football quarterback Donovan McNabb, pictured here at a press conference in the SU Football wing in 2013, will begin a new gig in broadcasting with an ESPN Radio show next month. Prior gigs with Fox and NBC ended following a DUI arrest in 2015.
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McNabb was arrested near his Gilbert, Ariz. home after rear-ending another vehicle in June of 2015. He was arrested with a blood-alcohol level of .17, according to police reports. It was his second DUI arrest in less than two years.

"Absolutely not," McNabb said. "Absolutely not. Could that have been avoided? Absolutely. I'm not running from it at all. But is there a problem? Absolutely not.

"Hey, everyone makes mistakes in their life, whatever it may be. It was a mistake that I made. You learn from a mistake, and you reach out to the masses and spread the awareness of what people can avoid."

In an interview with the website billypenn.com published Wednesday, McNabb reiterated he has learned from past mistakes and is looking forward to a second chance.

"When you make mistakes, obviously there's consequences with it, "McNabb said. "Obviously I've acknowledged the mistakes that I've made and I apologized for it and I know that's not going to happen again. But when you step away from a job that you truly enjoy doing -- I was working at Fox and all the other networks I was a part of after retirement -- you feel that drive of continuing on. It's sort of unfinished business for me. ESPN gave me that opportunity when other networks were there, but nervous about making that decision early on because of the scrutiny they may feel they'd get.

Everyone makes mistakes," McNabb said. "I'm so excited at getting this opportunity to work with ESPN and get back on track and get more involved in sports and being able to talk about them."